placenamesBallymartle
Baile an Mhoirtéalaigh
The house in Ballymartle townland links the parish with several generations of the Meade family.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Baile an Mhoirtéalaigh · Irish · main form · validated name
- Ballymartle · English · main form
Place & story
A house held in fee
The University of Galway’s Landed Estates database places Ballymartle House in Ballymartle townland and civil parish. It records William R. Meade holding the property in fee at Griffith’s Valuation, with the house valued at £35. The valuation describes its assessed value, rather than a sale price. Lewis had already identified it as W. R. Meade’s residence in 1837. [2]
From residence to ruin
An Irish Tourist Association survey in the 1940s described the residence as occupied by Major Meade and surrounded by a wooded estate. The Landed Estates record describes its later condition as a roofless ruin, but does not establish when occupation ended or the roof was lost. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballymartle. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballymartle, house record 3021 · Landed Estates, University of Galway
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.